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Blueprint for disaster the unraveling of Chicago public housing

Title
Blueprint for disaster [electronic resource] : the unraveling of Chicago public housing / D. Bradford Hunt.
Author
Hunt, D. Bradford, 1968-
Publication
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 380 p.) : ill., map.
Uniform Title
Blueprint for disaster (Online)
Alternative Title
Blueprint for disaster (Online)
Subject
  • Chicago Housing Authority > History > 20th century
  • Public housing > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-354) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
What went wrong with public housing in Chicago? -- The 1937 Housing Act revisited -- Building the Chicago Housing Authority -- Clearing Chicago's slums -- The end of integration and the taming of the CHA -- Designing high-rise disasters -- Planning a social disaster -- The loss of the working class -- The tenants revolt -- The Gautreaux case and the limits of judicial activism -- The long road to rebirth -- The unraveling of public housing in Chicago.
LCCN
2009006297
OCLC
ssj0000113394
Author
Hunt, D. Bradford, 1968-
Title
Blueprint for disaster [electronic resource] : the unraveling of Chicago public housing / D. Bradford Hunt.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-354) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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